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Denmark : Registered partnership
act, 1989
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Denmark 		___________________________________________________
[Partnership Act]

ACT TO AMEND THB DANISH MARRIAGE (FORMATION AND DISSOLUTION) ACT, THE INHERITANCE ACT, THE PENAL CODE AND THE INHERITANCB TAX ACT.

Amendments resulting from the introduction of registered partnership
D/339 -H- ML Act No. 373 of June 1, 1989

WE MARGRETHE THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Denmark, do make known that:-

The Danish Folketing has passed the following Act which has received the Royal Assent:

1.- The Marriage (Formation and Dissolution) Act, cf. Consolidated Act No. 630 of September 15, 1986, as amended by Act No. 223 of April 22, 1987, shall be amended as follows:-

1. Section 9 shall be worded as follows:

"9.- A person who has previously contracted marriage or who has been a party to a registered partnership may not contract marriage as long as the previous marriage or partnership exists."
2. Section 10 shall be worded as follows:
"1O .- A person who has been married or been a party to a registered partnership may not contract marriage until division of the joint property by the court has been initiated or such property has been divided by the parties involved. This shall not apply if there was complete separation of property between the parties or an exemption from division of property is specially authorized. The Minister of Justice may in special cases grant an exemption from the provision of the first clause of this section.
2.- The inheritance Act, cf. consolidated Act No. 584 of September 1, 1986 shall be amended as follows:-

Section 17(2) shall be worded as follows:

"(2) On remarriage or registration of partnership he shall be obliged to divide the joint property. "
3.- The Penal Code, cf. Consolidated Act No. 607 of September 6, 1986, as amended by Act No. 385 of June 10, 1987 shall be amended as follows:

1. Section 208(1) shall be worded as follows:

"Any person who purports to contract a registered partnership, and who is already married or a party to a registered partnership shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 years or, if the other person was at the time ignorant of the existing marriage or registered partnership, to imprisonment or any term not exceeding 6 years."
2. Section 208(3) shall be worded as follows:
"(3) Any person who without being married or being a party to a registered partnership contracts marriage or becomes a party to a registered partnership with a person who is already married or a party to a registered partnership shall be liable to simple detention or imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year."
3. Section 208(4) shall be worded as follows:
"(4) Where the purported marriage or registered partnership is not voidable, the penalty in respect of the person who is already married or a party to a registered partnership may always be reduced to simple detention, and the person who is not married or a party to a registered partnership may be acquitted. "
4.- The inheritance Tax Act, cf. Consolidated Act No. 62 of February 6, 1987, as amended by section 5 of Act No. 360 of July 1, 1988, shall be amended as follows:-

1. In section 2(1)(A)., (b) shall be repealed. (c) -(g) becomes (b)-(f)
2. In clause 2 of section 2(1)(A), "or b" shall be deleted.
3. In section 44(1) "(g)" shall be substituted for "(f)".
5.- (1) This act shall come into force on October 1, 1989. (2) Section 4 of this Act shall take effect in relation to the inheritance tax which becomes liable after the day of entry into force of this Act. Given at Christianborg Castle, this seventh day of June, 1989

Under Our Royal Hand and Seal
MARGRETHE R.

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